One semifinalist for FAMU president drops out

11:09 AM,
Jan. 5, 2014

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The lone sitting president among six semifinalists for president at Florida A&M University, and the only one with strong ties to FAMU, has had a change of heart.

Dianne Boardley Suber, president at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, N.C., announced Sunday she will not be joining five other semifinalists Monday at FAMU's law school in Orlando for in-person interviews with a presidential search committee.

Suber, who grew up in Tallahassee, attended FAMU DRS and is the daughter of two former FAMU faculty members, had submitted her application for FAMU's top job late Thursday and was one ...